About Karikottai Village

Karikottai is a mid sized village in Mannargudi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,123, made up of 543 males and 580 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Mannargudi
Pincode	614014
Area (hectares)	231.04 hectares
Population	1,123
Male Population	543
Female Population	580
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karikottai compares

By the 2011 count Karikottai is the 97th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents. Its 231.04 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Karikottai

Karikottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karikottai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karikottai from other places

Karikottai lies about 28 km from Thiruvarur. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karikottai
Tehsil headquarters	Mannargudi	5.2 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	28 km

Villages closest to Karikottai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mannargudi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Karikottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikottai village had a population of 1,123. That makes it the 97th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents.

Karikottai village has 543 males and 580 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikottai has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Karikottai is 614014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikottai covers 231.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karikottai falls under Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Karikottai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karikottai.

Karikottai is about 28 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karikottai is in Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Mannargudi is about 5.2 km away. Thiruvarur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.